Game 80. You know what’s at stake. If the Rangers win or get a Bettman Bonus Point for losing, or if they even get to OT, they clinch the first seed in the Prince of Wales conference and the Patrick Division title. Or they clinch if Pittsburgh fails to get…

Light up the Empire State Building in Orange and Black! You know what’s at stake tonight. If the Rangers get a point in any way, or if the Penguins fail to win tonight, the Rangers clinch first place in the Patrick Division and the Prince of Wales Conference. ******************************************** Pre-game…

(CORRECTION: Tickets go on sale Wednesday. Had it wrong in the earlier headline. Sorry.) From the Rangers: RANGERS INDIVIDUAL PLAYOFF TICKETS GO ON SALE Wednesday, April 4, 12 PM New York, April 2, 2012 – The New York Rangers announced today that tickets for the first two rounds of the…

Thoughts: 1) Things got awfully simple thanks to Philly yesterday. Would have been more simple, obviously, if the Rangers had been able to finish things off. So they go to the final three games — at Philly tomorrow, at Pitt Thursday, home against Washington Saturday — needing a point, or…

Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES April 1, 2012 (Game 79, Home Game 40) Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Team Notes: – The Rangers were defeated by the Boston Bruins, 2-1, tonight at Madison Square Garden to end their four-game winning streak,…

Game 79. As youse know, thanks to what transpired before the melee in Pittsburgh today, ya boys need only a win or a Bettman Bonus Point for losing to clinch the Patrick Division and the Prince of Wales Conference and the No. 1 seed on this side of the bracket.…

Because of Knicks games that can’t be moved in a condensed NBA season, a contract for a concert series which Madison Square Garden cannot break, and pressure from NBC Sports to alternate Rangers games and Flyers-Penguins games in the first round of the playoffs, word is starting to leak out…

Thoughts: 1) So now it’s 50 wins, and all they need is to go 2-2 to tie the ’93-94 team’s franchise record of 52. That’s secondary. Their magic number on Pittsburgh is three. That’s any combination of points the Rangers get or Pittsburgh fails to get that equals three. Simpler:…

Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES March 30, 2012 (Game 78, Home Game 39) Madison Square Garden – New York, NY – The Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 4-1, tonight at Madison Square Garden for their 50th win of the season. The Blueshirts extended their winning streak to…

Game 78. The Rangers will announce the Steven McDonald Extra Effort award before the game. They go for win No. 50, which would tie the ’91-92 Presidents’ Trophy team and would be the second most in franchise history behind the ’93-94 record of 52. Ya boys have won three in…

So here we are, the Rangers on the verge of clinching the Patrick Division and the No. 1 seed in the East, in the hunt for the Presidents’ Trophy in the final week of the season, and who knows what in the playoffs. And the Montreal Canadiens, that prideful iconic…

So I guess Anton Stralman is your No. 6 now, unless Eminger is getting closer to returning. From the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS TRANSACTION UPDATE New York, March 29, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has assigned defenseman Tim Erixon…

Thoughts: 1) OK, so it’s 105 points with five games left, and while the Penguins have a game in hand, the Rangers have clinched the tiebreaker over the Pens. So if the Rangers go 2-3 for 109 points, Pittsburgh needs 10 out of a possible 12 points. If the Rangers…